Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-03-31
The County statement.

The County Statement.
The Annual Statement of county levy for
1886 is published III the Citizen and E.r"m'-
per by order of the Board of commissioners,
1'hc report covers about seven columns
and there arc some striking features in this
4 MS compared with former reports. AS usual
about one half Of the space is occupied by
an item izcd list of expenses for Judges OF
Election and Ont Door Pensioners the for
mer covering SGJ1 90 and the latter SG!93 :;
Frederick District is charged with $22l7 or
about one third Of the pension list OF the
county. - 81. .,s %
Thcr were II new roads charged 40 the
account at an expense of $i1S5,4I and for
opening three others and for special surveys
and IA bridge $j5G.75 or "totai for new
roads $iS4s2s, ;.
Tncrc were six Intn:stions at IN expense
of $9S.O4.
There arc 81 items for Foxes. Owls and
Hawks amounting 10 $l"G.55, State and
other witnrsscs$i2751
Printing Accounts as follows;
Banyhman BROTHERS (C1ti:ew &l1"4.5o
Kccfer " knaua (Erum'ner) $500
Srhlry 4 Dehplahc (Ne"s) 1929
Times Pub. TO. (1tmes) 4s9 %
o. c. Warehime (Un~nl 2'T'.m
Samuel M,atcr2 Arcts (lhronich) l590o
Geo. G. Rhodrrick (T"Ay Ryister) ll;.'5
j. s. l.. Rhodrrick tRnnrr) 1879
c. L. Cassell t (CLnroS Al, -
+ H.. Total $3,Ols,m
This amount * double tha.of the proceed
Ing yenr; is more iAan it wasiwo years ago;
j. within $500 Oft he enormous charge for
| the year of the New Registration and is hut
81 less than it was The year before and
those were the days of ''imnmn>r cm"l'l-
mrnls." that is when the sheriff, Cnn>'ahlcs
and MAGISTRATES were holding High tarni-
val in the Co,lltv Treasury. 1t vii! be noted
however that to The CL>EloN attaches lit.
tie responsibility for the size OF The goollv
sum ,hnrg I'd to Paintings Accounts
II, however, took nll that vas offered it,
s;yc 500 ti'n distributing the advertise
| mcnt ofthc County Statement
TeAhgi sn,cs Accounts is charged sl.sl4,9o
''>Cmslables :" Sl,DOls
We can all recall the time, when these
accounts ranged about s. 600 each. Regis,
,ralion and Room rent for same and for Flee
TONS 500" g.. = w.,
Collins and Grave Digging SOL II
Attorneys Accounts 90 $!W'' T.
lOftl,is amount S,mtt \,iorncy +. G. Nor
woods account is ..,... r S2US''S'
j, cost S2; to Hoard jur'cs S5s'm for
five new Lamhom Road Mnrhinrs Sl9j32
is charged to Snow Account: for patients
at Mt. Hope Retreat and the Maryland Hos
pilal for the Insane a. S'43.;5; i, cost 500
for a nrw Index III tine II gi>trr Of Wills Of
fee: 500 for wattrat JAN and toir, ll"Usc;
500 for .;,s in latter building. so tor II Tel
cphnnc: 500 for wood and coal at Court
House; about So for Deputy sh'riil> and
conveying pauncrs.
Under tn, head IF otiical salaries, we note
some things worthy otalnark.
For the first time we find ihc item Per
Diem and Mileage County Commissioners
Sl.G00; ia the past that La, always b On
81 Om; il wasa fiction that deceived no one
we have called attention to il un.il.hr piac-
licr became tnlrral and we now find i, CHAM"
ed. Ono Noteworthy circumstance in his
connection j. that, we now find the t"niin.
gent fund Ti.IDl inf "a of 5000 i'll the,
the past. Now in this connection II may be
pertinent ask why 50 large a sum n + 800
be embraced in Que item when in the sane
report we'd id nearly t'co "nd "ue h"Ir'l"m"s
devoted 10 ilrmizrd accounts OF Judges OF
Election. lnquisili0n>, Foxes and ON and
State Witnesses when the, four combined
amount 10 hut 81 $40 10. To make plain our
meaning in thus putting tho above, 'wr rv-
plain first the cost Of publishing the Noun-
" Statement is or should BIZ regulated by
H. extent; second, the taxpayers are as
much interested TO know where one ~ an
other thousand of dollars goe> and it is an
ms ,lisf,clrrt method of accounting. that 50
carefully gors into detail to account for 81,
3l?.l6 and that covers $500 with such an.
indefinite item as Contingent Fund
We have secured Il reduction of $ 500 |;
let us hope tha, it will eventually disappear.
Jas. p. Perry late Register of Wills Is
charged with fln5.00; Hamilton Lindsay
Register of Wills $1,000; \. Fcarlakc, late
Clerk, $,j..,: W. Irving Parsons, Clerk,
$)S ?l; Jas. MrShrrry, Counsel 10 Com
mseionrrs $50 Physician and Medicine at
Jail $3.50: Clerk to Commissioners $1,000 ;
Keeper X Fireman at Court House $50:
Firrnrn at Jaii $500 Juror, :, 1000; Bail
iti, and Crvrr 81 200 State Wilnr>sc, 81
800 en- ) j. \ different item from "Statr and
Other Witnesses $i?;.5i Judges Orphans
Court - 500 Sheriff $132l3S. The appro
prl,lon for Aims House is $4,000; Jail 81
800 Public schools tl3 cents, S;'2 lG4.e1 ;
10 pav lntrrcst on School Bonds $500 90 ;
Interest ON Coupon Bonds $500; Princi-
pal andIn, on Bounty Bonds SI.ljO; Road
and bridge Fnnd $1,000: TaA eCoAcs'ors
Commission x2,441.3o: $500 was3 pail ON
School House Construction leM iifturrcd in
1882: $i20UO 10 repair Road and Bridge
damages by the floods Of 1885. Tl9,31 was